Reading Partners

THIS AWARD FUNDS THE APPROVED 2023-2024 AMERICORPS STATE COMPETITIVE PROGRAM, AS LISTED ON THE APPROVED PROGRAM AND FUNDING SUMMARY CHARTS. NO MEMBER MAY ENROLL PRIOR TO THE APPROVED START DATE OF THE MEMBER ENROLLMENT PERIOD. YOUR 2023- 2024 REGULATORY MATCH IS 26% AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 51%. THIS AWARD INCLUDES ARP FUNDING INTENDED TO INCREASE THE LIVING ALLOWANCE. TO DO THIS, WE WILL AWARD $1,904,492 FOR LIVING ALLOWANCE INCREASES.

READING PARTNERS PROPOSES TO HAVE 254 AMERICORPS MEMBERS WHO WILL MANAGE THE VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT FOR AND DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF OUR ONE-ON-ONE LITERACY TUTORING PROGRAM FOR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS AT 165 TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN 8 REGIONS - BALTIMORE, NEW YORK, SOUTH CAROLINA, WASHINGTON DC, TULSA, SEATTLE, TWIN CITIES, AND COLORADO. AT THE END OF THE PROGRAM YEAR, THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MEASURABLY INCREASING THE LITERACY SKILLS OF AT LEAST 4,183 HIGH-NEED TARGET STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, THE AMERICORPS MEMBERS WILL LEVERAGE 10,000 VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL BE ENGAGED IN INDIVIDUALIZED READING TUTORING THROUGH OUR MODEL. THIS PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON THE CNCS FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION. THE CNCS INVESTMENT OF $3,931,666 WILL BE MATCHED WITH $4,941,834, $2,227,500 IN PUBLIC FUNDING AND $2,714,334 IN PRIVATE FUNDING.

READING PARTNERS (RP) PROPOSES TO HAVE 91 AMERICORPS (AC) MEMBERS WHO WILL MANAGE THE VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT FOR AND DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF OUR ONE-ON-ONE LITERACY TUTORING PROGRAM FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS AT 61 TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ACROSS 7 STATES - TULSA, CHARLOTTE, SEATTLE, DENVER, AND THE TWIN CITIES. AT THE END OF THE FIRST PROGRAM YEAR, THE AC MEMBERS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MEASURABLY INCREASING THE LITERACY SKILLS OF AT LEAST 2080 HIGH-NEED TARGET STUDENTS. IN ADDITION, THE AC MEMBERS WILL LEVERAGE AN ADDITIONAL 1560 COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS WHO WILL BE ENGAGED IN INDIVIDUALIZED READING TUTORING FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN PROFICIENT, GRADE-LEVEL SKILLS. THIS PROGRAM WILL FOCUS ON THE CNCS FOCUS AREA OF EDUCATION. THE CNCS INVESTMENT OF $1,137,500 WILL BE MATCHED WITH $1,421,431, AND OF THAT:$400,000 IN PUBLIC FUNDING AND $1,021,431 IN PRIVATE FUNDING INCLUDING PHILANTHROPIC GIFTS FROM INDIVIDUALS, CORPORATIONS, AND FOUNDATIONS.

ENGAGES AMERICORPS MEMBERS IN FULL AND PART-TIME SERVICE TO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS IN EDUCATION, THE ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, VETERANS, AND OTHER AREAS

AMERICORPS NATIONAL

THIS AWARD APPROVES FUNDING FOR THE 2023-24 VOLUNTEER GENERATION FUND ARP PROGRAM DESCRIBED IN THE APPROVED PROGRAM NARRATIVE AND BUDGET. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT IS TO EXPAND AND IMPROVE READING PARTNERS' VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING EFFORTS AND IMPROVE VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE TO DELIVER HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING TO K-4 STUDENTS IN ORDER TO MEET THE GROWING NEED FOR LEARNING LOSS RECOVERY SUPPORT. BY PERFORMING THE FOLLOWING HIGH LEVEL ACTIVITIES: LEVERAGING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ROLES TO BOLSTER VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES; UTILIZING DIGITAL ADS TO RECRUIT AT SCALE; IMPROVING VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROVIDING RACIAL EQUITY TRAINING FOR COMMUNITY BASED STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS; AND CENTRALIZING AND STREAMLINING VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING, THIS WILL BENEFIT THOUSANDS MORE STUDENTS THROUGH A HIGH-IMPACT TUTORING SYSTEM BY ALLOWING READING PARTNERS TO RECRUIT AN ADDITIONAL 2,000 VOLUNTEER TUTORS PER YEAR. THE GENERAL EXPECTED OUTCOME INCLUDES THE RECRUITMENT OF 2,000 VOLUNTEER TUTORS PER YEAR TO PROVIDE HIGH-QUALITY TUTORING TO SUPPORT STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS. YOUR 2023-24 REGULATORY MATCH IS 20%, AND YOUR BUDGETARY MATCH IS 20.8%.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS, ONLY ABOUT ONE-THIRD OF OUR NATION'S FOURTH GRADERS CAN READ PROFICIENTLY. ONCE STUDENTS START TO FALL BEHIND IN READING, THEY TEND TO FALL FASTER AND FURTHER BEHIND THEIR PEERS EVERY YEAR. READING PARTNERS' MISSION IS TO HELP CHILDREN BECOME LIFELONG READERS BY EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION WITH MEASURABLE RESULTS. THE PROPOSED VISTA PROJECT ALIGNS WITH THE CNCS EDUCATION FOCUS AREA. THE VISTA PROJECT WILL SEEK TO SERVE 11,313 STUDENTS BY RECRUITING 14,000 VOLUNTEERS DURING THE 2019-2020 SCHOOL YEAR. 8 VISTA MEMBERS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE GOALS OF THE PROJECT BY PERFORMING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT, PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY RELATIONS, RESOURCE AND TEMPLATE CREATION, TRAINING, RESEARCH AND PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.